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Demorest council advances mobile-home zoning definition, tables park map changes to June 12
Summary
At a May 12 public hearing, Demorest city staff said they had misclassified a parcel as agricultural and proposed adding a mobile-home definition so a replacement mobile home can be installed; council approved scheduling text amendments and tabled park-map and park-text changes to the June 12 meeting.
At a public hearing on May 12, Demorest City Manager Mark Musselwhite told the City Council staff had discovered "we made an error and mislabeled a parcel as agriculture," and that the parcel should be classified for mobile homes so a replacement mobile home could be permitted.
The hearing was held under the public-hearing notice required by OCGA 36-81-5. City Attorney Thomas Mitchell said he and staff (including Jessie Owensby and City Manager Musselwhite) had recommended a set of text changes to the zoning ordinance to correct the classification and clarify definitions. Mitchell also outlined a schedule of readings and related changes.
Councilman Donnie Bennett moved to proceed with a first reading on the proposed text amendments, set a second reading and adoption date, waive the first reading for Article 89, and to table the zoning map and the park-related text amendments until the council’s June 12 meeting; Councilman Jimmy Davis seconded. The motion carried unanimously (3-0).
The action preserves council discretion on mapped changes and park provisions while allowing staff to formalize a mobile-home classification in the zoning text. The council did not adopt the map or park provisions at this meeting; those items remain scheduled for further consideration at the June 12 session.
